Device for preventing horses from running



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Device for Preventing Horses from Running. v No. 228,085. Patented May25,1880.

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HEINRICH A. LEHMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR PREVENTING HORSES FROM RUNNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,085, dated May 25,1880.

' Application filed April 9, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern VI Be it known that I, HEINRICH A. LEHMAN, of Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Devices for Preventing Horses from Running Away; andI do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation'of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representa tion of a side view of; myimproved runawayhorse arrester. Fig.- 2 is a perspective view of thesame, and Figs. 3 and 4 are details.

This invention has relation to improvements in means for stoppingrunaway horses; and it consists in the novel arrangement andconstruction of a clamp placed astraddle of the animals back andreaching down to its short ribs, which clamp is attached to the saddleand belly band, and being operated compresses the said ribs with suchforce thatthe animal is unable to get suflicient breath to keep up arunning speed, and is forced to stop, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letters A A designate the legs or jaws ofthe clamp, flexibly coupled together at a, and having above the couplingor hinge the handle ends I). The hinge is preferably constructed ofleather,

. and, if desired, may be padded.

The jaws of the clamp are internally concaved, to correspond to therounded flanks of the horse, and reach down to the short ribs.

The clamp is secured to the cantle of the harness-saddle by means of thestraps c c, and to the belly-band by means of the branched strap d. Inworking position it is rearwardly inclined, as shown, and lies looselyupon the animal with its handle ends in contact, or nearly so, in no wayinterfering with its breathing or'comfort; but in the event of hisrunning away a separation of the handle ends I) would cause the jaws A Ato compress the body with such force that it could not expand orcontract, and thus prevent a sufficient quantity of air from being drawninto the lungs to enable the animal to keep up a running speed.

The consequence of an insufficient air-supply would be that the animalwould perforce be compelled to moderate the speed or stop altogether.

The separation of the handle ends of the clamp is accomplished by meansof a lever, D, vibrating vertically and freely upon a bracket, G,theends of which are carried through the said handles on a level withthe bending or flexing point of the hinge, and, being loose in saidhandles, do not interfere with the movements of the clamp. This lever istriangular-in cross-section, andis provided with a pull-cord or wire, 6,extending into the vehicle. This pull-cord being drawn upon forces thewedge-shaped portion 0 of the lever in between the beveled upper ends ofthe handles, separating them more or less according to the forceexerted, and causing the jaws to gripe the body of the horse, asaforesaid, and with the result aforementioned.

Various devices have been heretofore used to prevent and stop runaways,such as blinders, chokers, and nose-clamps, all of which, beingunnatural in their operation, tend rather to ter rify and madden therunaway and render it perfectly crazy and unmanageable rather than tocompel it to stop. Scantbreath, however, is a condition in which everyhorse has been, and which he recognizes readily, both as to its resultsand remedy, and, this condition being the effect of the clamp, henaturally adopts the remedy and stops, instead of being terrified andrendered absolutely insane by the immediate deprivation of light andbreath,

when every guiding instinct or perception is in abeyance, andirreparable injury may be done.

A runaway horse stops of his own accord when he loses his wind, and theclamp above described produces the same condition in a short time and acorresponding result.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a horse-arrester, the combination of the hinged jaws adapted tostraddle the back of the animal, and having the handle ends I),

and an angular lever, D,'fulerumed on the In testimony that I claim theabove I have 10 clamp and designed to he forced between the hereuntosubscribed my name in the presence said ends, substantially asspecified. of two witnesses.

2. The horse-arrester consisting of the flexi- 5 bly-connected jaws A A,having the handle HEINRICH A. LEHMAN.

ends I), and the angular lever D fnlernmed at the joint of the jaws, andoperating to spread WVitnesses: said ends apart and compress the jaws,sub- HERMANN CONRAD stantially as specified. J OHN ERICKSON.

